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With a coming warm-up in the weather forecast and an eye toward Spring, Summer, and hopefully Fall, we wanted to remind you that NewsTalk 1440 WROK will once again be your radio home for the Chicago Cubs.

The clock is ticking, but there's still time (and still some room) for you to join us on a trip out to Mesa, Arizona this coming March for Chicago Cubs Spring Training. We had such a blast last March, and we heard from so many of you that wanted us to do it again--who are we to say no?

Once a month, we visit with 16th District Congressman Adam Kinzinger. We cover current Washington happenings along with what's going on the district. This morning we wanted to get Congressman Kinzinger's thoughts on some very topical items.

Back in the day, the full title was the WROK/WZOK Anything That Floats Rock River Raft Race. We pulled the plug after many great years of river adventures, but last year the race was revived by a different organization under a new name.

Rockford's general election is Tuesday, April 4th, and early voting started at the Board of Elections office on March 17th, running through April 3rd. If you haven't been paying much attention to the candidates for the job of Rockford mayor, one of them stopped in this morning to let …

I got a text a little after 8pm last night from Michael Koolidge."I got us DONALD TRUMP for 7:05 tomorrow! No joke."As you might imagine, we were a little bit excited. No matter what your position is on this election, there's no denying the impact Trump has had...

Tonight, for the seventh and final time, President Obama will deliver the State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress. You can listen to live coverage of the speech on WROK via Fox News Radio.The president is scheduled to begin just after 8 p...

For years and years, Jim Bohannon has been the lead-in to our morning show on WROK. Hosting America In the Morning, Jim helped Riley & I get up and going at 4 a.m. and informed everyone else up at that early hour.However, a change has come to the show. Bo...

Are you ready for some football?The college football season is kicking off this week, and the Fighting Illini start their schedule tonight against Kent State. And for the 15th straight year, you can catch every game of Fighting Illini football right here on 1440 WROK...